Pseudepigraphy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.
"Pseudepigraphy was sometimes regarded as a literary lie, a forgery, which enabled the apocalyptic writers to acquire authority for their writings by using a borrowed identity."
Example
More examples"Pseudepigraphy was sometimes regarded as a literary lie, a forgery, which enabled the apocalyptic writers to acquire authority for their writings by using a borrowed identity."
Etymology
From pseudo- + epigraphy.
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